[ltp] Re: additional harddisk for t60

km linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:44:52 +0100


On 22/11, Florian Manschwetus wrote:
> Martin Aumueller schrieb:
> >On Wed November 22 2006 10:05, Florian Manschwetus wrote:
> >>http://www.pro-com.org/nofost.de/Pages/ArticleDetails.aspx?ArticleID=1409&B
> >>ackUrl=289253524 could someone explain me what is so special with this 
> >>disk?
> >>normally it is an hitachi 7k100 which costs normally around 150 euro.
> >
> >It probably has special IBM firmware enabling fast head-unloading for 
> >protecting it during drops - e.g. for the queue freeze patches for older 
> >kernels which can be triggered by hdaps. A regular Hitachi drive does not 
> >have this (and drives are very sensitive...)
> but why the hell costs a software hack 225 euro?
> florian

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-km